Isaac Asimov had it right with this dense Milky Way region in Cygnus. Captured last night with the mini-WASP array, 7 x 15-minute subs on all 3 scopes and M26C OSC cameras.
Taken with the HSIII on 04/07/2013 this is an S-type star, SAO 69360 in Cygnus.
Just the Sky 90 data on this one (I also have 2 datasets from the 2 TS 80s) showing the open cluster region around NGC 6871 and NGC 6883 in Cygnus.
There was a fair bit of thin high cloud wandering over last night (as it turned out it didn’t get in the way of Cygnus) and so I only set up the Hyperstar III and didn’t run the mini-WASP array. … Continue reading
I’ve read some staggeringly good (Auto)Biographies over the last few years, but I have sadly just finished the best ever. You could actually forget that it is an Autobiography – it is a superb science book with penetrative insights into … Continue reading
So I’m spending a couple of hours imaging in Cygnus with both the mini-WASP array and the Hyperstar III 🙂
This is a 5-frame mosaic put together using Noel Carboni’s Astronomy Tools for Photoshop and DSS2 red and blue channel data. I seriously question why I bother to image when such high quality data is readily available to download and … Continue reading
Just ten minutes ago I had one of those “hair raising on the back of the neck” moments. I am reading Arthur C Clarke’s book “Astounding Days” and on page 186 I come across this bombshell sentence. “I am tempted … Continue reading
In this month’s National Geographic magazine there was a pretty unpleasant reminder of the destructive nature of man. I won’t go into the unsavory details but it basically spelt out how morons in several European countries are decimating the migratory … Continue reading
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.
